Monday, April 10, 2006
The Problem with Global Warming Is It Stopped
Global climate warmed from 1970 to 1998, leading to mass hysteria. But guess what -- since 1998 it hasn't warmed at all.
Global climate also warmed between 1918 and 1940, which the models say is before we were emitting enough greenhouse gases to make any difference. But it did not warm between 1940 and 1965, when we were emitting enough CO2 and other greenhouse gases to supposedly make a difference.
The author of this article, a paleoclimatologist, says that the global warming bandwagon is made up of anti-technology alarmists and scientists going after the "gravy train" of research funds provided by the United Nations and other government bodies. But he concludes that recent changes in global temperatures have natural causes, "partly in predictable cycles, and partly in unpredictable shorter rhythms and rapid episodic shifts, some of the causes of which remain unknown."
So don't blow a billion dollars on a light-rail line with the expectation that you are doing something for the global climate. It is much more likely that you are merely making a few contractors rich at everyone else's expense.
Global climate also warmed between 1918 and 1940, which the models say is before we were emitting enough greenhouse gases to make any difference. But it did not warm between 1940 and 1965, when we were emitting enough CO2 and other greenhouse gases to supposedly make a difference.
The author of this article, a paleoclimatologist, says that the global warming bandwagon is made up of anti-technology alarmists and scientists going after the "gravy train" of research funds provided by the United Nations and other government bodies. But he concludes that recent changes in global temperatures have natural causes, "partly in predictable cycles, and partly in unpredictable shorter rhythms and rapid episodic shifts, some of the causes of which remain unknown."
So don't blow a billion dollars on a light-rail line with the expectation that you are doing something for the global climate. It is much more likely that you are merely making a few contractors rich at everyone else's expense.
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